ms. jackson lee? i'd like to yield five minutes to the distinguished, articulate and experienced member of the judiciary committee, ms. jackson lee from houston, texas. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the chair: without objection, so ordered. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from tennessee for his distinguished leadership and friendship and the chairman of the full committee because i believe that it is fair to have a difference of opinion. it is also fair to say that there are times when we have a great opportunity to work together. and i believe that the gentleman mentioned my tenure on the judiciary committee, so let me document for my colleagues it's reins act goes around -- colleagues, the reins act goes around and around and around and around. it is constantly repeated and reintroduced and it constantly fails. for the new members on my friends on the other side of the aisle who are standing

ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: purr sinet to the rule, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the gentlewoman is recognized. the manager in opposition will have the right to close. the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. s. jackson lee: let me thank my colleagues whenever they engage in debate, i know they have a serious commitment to the process of this house and this nation. i rise today to offer an amendment and i hope that it addresses the chairman's offer of legislative collegiality. if this is such an important effort then i believe that the amendments that have been offered by my colleagues and the one i introduced as we speak is one that makes this bill reasonable. my amendment would except from the bill's congressional approval requirement any rull promulgated by the department of homeland security. organized and established in the backdrop of the heinous and tragic terrorist act of 9/11. n fact, i can't imagine this legislation being effective in the midst of tragedy and devastation. i don't thin

ms. jackson lee: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, the american people want us to work together. you can poll every one of theme that are coming through these halls as tourists, as in essence, americans, and i know they want us to work together. so i think it is important that we announce to the american people that we will immediately get rid of sequester, the stop laying off of valuable department of defense workers and health and human services workers, people who help generate the economy in places beyond the beltway, government workers who are servants of the people. i think we need to get rid of sequester and begin to fund those childcare seats that have been lost, those meals on wheels, the medicare resources for our seniors. we need to stop playing around with the budget. we need to insist that the bills of the american people be paid through raising the debt ceiling and not in an angry manner but recognizing our responsibilities. we know that the flmplet s.a. has been looked -- that the n.s.a. has bee

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman that proceeded me for that very powerful message and it reminds us generally of really the elements of our presence here in this house when we represent the people of this country, it is important that we are lawmakers and we have the compassion that was evidence by the movement that dr. king led and the movement that he was leading in the tragedy of his death and that was, of course, the poor people's march in 1968. i rise today to discuss that capacity and to say that i know that our friends, republicans and democrats, can come together around important service elements that this nation engages in. the federal government is an umbrella on a rainy day. it was the engine of the economy. it is the answer to issues such as transportation and housing that really provide housing to working families and it boosts the middle class and

ms. jackson lee for any questions she may have. >> chairman, thank you very much for what -- >> in a few moments, the justice department hosts a farewell ceremony for outgoing fbi director robert mueller. and at 9 a.m. we'll be live for daniel werfel speaking about the rise in arrests and identity theft cases. >> this weekend on c-span live coverage of the national governors' association's annual summer meeting. this year the nation's governors discuss national infrastructure and the global economy. sunday live at noon on c-span2, booktv's "in depth." your questions for author and head of pediatric neurosurgery at johns hopkins, ben carson. and on c-span3's american history tv, 1968. from the assassinations of robert luther king jr. and robert kennedy to -- martin luther king jr. and robert kennedy, sunday at 1. >> we've never really known what to do with our first ladies, and that is particularly true in more recent times as on the one hand they're expected to have causes. you can't imagine a first lady today without a cause. on the other hand, those causes are not permitted to intrude